The best investing books, according to hackers
6 investing books were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and November 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one. None of them earns the Hacker Approved badge yet.
All 6 investing books, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Approval share is recommenders out of everyone who gave an opinion; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 13, in which someone recommended it.
| Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reminiscences of a Stock Operatorby Edwin Lefèvre and Price Tim and Roger Lowenstein and Richard Richard Wyckoff and Richard D. Wyckoff | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| 2 | The Intelligent Investorby Benjamin Graham | 4 | 1 | 80% | 3 | — | — |
| Tied 3 | A Random Walk Down Wall Streetby Burton Gordon Malkiel | 3 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Tied 3 | Security Analysisby Benjamin Graham and David Dodd and Seth Klarman | 3 | 1 | 75% | 1 | — | — |
| Tied 5 | The Little Book of Common Sense Investingby John C. Bogle | 2 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Tied 5 | One Up On Wall Streetby Peter Lynch and John Rothchild | 2 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment over the past year. Someone who praises the same investing book in five threads counts once.
The badge goes to investing books that at least 10 people recommend, with recommenders outnumbering critics at least 2 to 1, recommended in at least 4 of the 13 months.
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